AFTER A COOL AND CLOUDY SPRING IN WESTERN WASHINGTON...A DRAMATICSHIFT TO HOT AND SUNNY WEATHER WILL GET UNDERWAY TODAY. WIDESPREADRECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO CLIMB TODAY...AS A MASSIVE AREA OFHIGH PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. WEAKNORTHERLY ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM GETTING REALLYHOT. STILL...HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTONWILL BE IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S.

FRIDAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAY FOR MANY SPOTS IN WESTERNWASHINGTON...AND MANY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TOOCCUR. FROM THE COAST TO THE PUGET SOUND REGION...TEMPERATURES WILLRISE INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S. THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS ANDTHE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR WILL REACH THE LOWER 90S.

I think that the situation is serious enough to warrant staying home tomorrow. In light of the unseasonably serious weather front incoming, instead of going to work, I need to seek sanctuary in a safe place tomorrow.

I quite agree. In fact, with this sudden and unprecedented shift in the weather, I'm afraid I'm coming down with a case of 24-hour avian flu, which will necessitate that I be quarantined in Gasworks Park.